Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-09-15
FARM NOTES.

Calves that are fed on milk or cruel
need water as much as any stock.
Clean out the feet of the horses ev-
cry evening after their days work is
done
Guineas and turkeys are excellent
foragers, and destroy large number
of insects in a season.
There are good and rich mixers ia
all breeds Of cows--only and always
excepting the pump,handle breed.
Begin Bookkeeping with one or two
colonies and study tho subject as you
enlarge and extend the business.
The stems of roses having borne
blooms should be cut back to a strong
bud, which viii soon push out new
stems.
Yon cannot grow plants with "wct
feet" Farmers had therefore better
have tiles in the ground than on their
heads.
Sluggish horses are generally made
so by the way they are handled.
lazy man is pretty apt to have lazy
horses.
There is no one thing that Is 90
Auch required nowadays on the av-
erage farm as to be thoroughly sys.
tematie.
The man who warns himself up
every morning grooming his horses
will be well remunerated for his
trouble.
A new, cheap and effective insect
killer is composed of one part of mu.
rate of potash in one thousand parts
of water
The importation of American flour
into the United Kingdom so far this
year has largely exceeded last years
receipts.
Grade cattle, the product of polled
0ulls-whcther Aberdeen Angus, Gall
oway, or Norfolk-scidOm or never
! have horns.
Weighing cows milk will not
cause her 20 give any more milk, but
may cause her owner to substitute
better one.
The more an acre will produce the
larger the profit, and the better you
can cultivate that acre, the more il
will produce.
Most farmers can keep few hives
of bees 20 advantage. Honey, like
fruit. should often be found at the
farmers table.
The demand for plum trees is very
| heavy from All over the country, show
| ing that growers see their value aud
plant accordingly.
1t is said that not less thaa two
million pounds Of dried sage leaves
are used annually in the United States
for various purposes.
You viii be likely TO save trouble
by speaking kindly to your horses ev-
cry time yoa approach them in the
stable or elsewhere.
II you wish to raise a good many
fowls YOU must keep them in separate,
small Jocks. Large numbers do not
flourish well together
Some tobacco lands in Lancaster
| County, Pennsylvania, are said to
| yield a proi;l equivalent to 81 day
per acre TO their owner
Lampb.ack mixed with strong vine
gar will mark sheep so that twill re-
main year, and viii not ibjure tho
wool as do tar and paint.
II stoc} 81 al kind could have
dark Soclel to aee to in tbs lot part
of the day. :" get away frpu the flies,
it would ie great say'hs.
The mayk,t grower is liable TO
make great mistake who oyerlooks
the neighboring home market, trust
ing to the large towns only.
Rub the lorse's legs once day
with very dilute carhclc acid. This
81 u
works and fights flies docs two days
work in one.
Undertake to cultivate no more than
you can manage well, ANA increase
your acres rs You increase your abil-
ity, and your acres and ability will in
crease step by step.
1t is claimed that more damage is
done by the gentle bulls than by those
that are vicious, and the advice is to
watch them, as the gentlcst Of bulls
is treacherous animal.
Under the present law now in force
in New Hampshire, requiring that all
oleomargarine sold in that state shall
be colOrcd pink. it is said that none of
the stuff whatever is sold,
When the cocks have been picking
each other with the combs and wat
ties bleeding profusely, pour strong
alum water over their heads, which
will cause the bleeding TO cease.
A French paper says that petroleum
destroys all insects, and banishes rats
and mice, and that water slightly inn
pregnated with petroleum applied to
plants affected with insects will de-
stroy them.
Ducks thrive best with n running
stream OF water TO swim in, yet they
get along very we'll with plenty oil
drinking water only, provided there is
enough to supply them with an occn-
sional bath.
The British Dairy Farmers Associa-
ton is going to establish dairy schools
which shall train students IN the art
of making dairy products aud, il pos
sible, pay its way in selling cheese and
butter INSIDE from purchased milk.
Copperas Is a splendid medicine 70
keep on hand for poultry. When
they have tho roup wash their heads
with a solution of it, aud put some Of
the solution in the drinking water a.
a tonic. II provides them with soluto
iron, which is necessary.
A. X. whitney, one Of tho most ex-
tensiye Orchardsts Of the west, says
that he finds mixture Of copperas
and glue 10 be the best thing TO keep
rabbits and mice from the trees He
lost many before applying this rem
edy. lie has tried tarred paper but
does not like il.
II the calves and pigs were com
PEELED to forage for living, like the
hens, they would soon become nu-
isauce, and fail 70 pay. yet tho hen is
sometimes expected to lay under the
most adverse condition. II she is 10
pay profit she must receive the at
tention necessary to enable her 10
perform all that may be required OF
her.
No doubt some cnterprisng person
could do a fair business advertising
croSs-bred eggs. II is done in En-
gland with good results. A person
desiring a cross OF Leghorns and
Brahmas, for instance, would prefer
to buy such eggs rather than wait a
year or twO for producing the same.
No doubt there is a good field open
for someone in that direction.
A farmer informs the department Of
agriculture that he has evidence lead-